BH memory served well and she identified the flowers as clivias, otherwise known as kaffir lilys. A long time ago we were given one and it used to flower regularly - but I cannot now remember why it was retired.
More precisely, clivia miniata of the amaryllis family of the asparagus order. Yet another plant from South Africa (see reference 1 for another)!
First confused by this flower being a sort of asparagus, a confusion somewhat dissipated by the vague memory that it is normal to name a taxon by something called the type species within that taxon.
Second confused by kaffir lily also being the name of something called schizostylis coccinea or hesperantha coccinea, a rather different sort of asparagus, but also from South Africa. Perhaps the name is best avoided, as suggested by wikipedia, for being both offensive and confusing.
Reference 1: http://www.psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/botanical-walk.html.
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